- [x] Add new git extension API to query for refs - [x] Update git extension not to rely on the `refs` property - [x] Update 1st party extensions to adopt the new git extension API - [x] Post announcement of the deprecation to vscode-discussions - [x] Update code so that the `refs` property always returns an empty array - [x] Remove the code to keep the `refs` property from `updateModelState`